Fun Filled Week-end....

The group from KCBC! Renee, Kristi and Me A view fron the chapel Caryn and Me
Kathy, Me, Renee, Cathy, Kristi and Caryn (not looking so smiley!)
I was able to attend a Ladies Retreat this past week-end at Lake Ann camp near Traverse City. We had a wonderful time of renewal (not by sleep!). We slept in the boys cabins otherwise know as Otter #2 not to be confused with Badger #3! (sorry girls!) I got to spend time with my sister-in-law Kristi, with long time friend Renee (and her friends) and ride home with special friend Caryn. My social tank is full (some of you are thinking....right!?) One of the other perks was, I didn't have to cook !! YEH! We did all have to share an outside bathroom...not literally outside, just out of our cabin!
Ken Rudolph is an exceptional speaker and motivator...if you ever get the opportunity to hear him...GO! He can communicate the scriptures like few can! Time whizzes by when he is speaking, even when you are sleep deprived!
As a kid, I attended Lake Ann many times, so I had some time to re-live some of my childhood memories! I was actually a Tepee Village Alumni....I know, hard to believe I would sign up to sleep in a tepee all week! I sometimes wonder myself! Harder yet to believe we had to go into the "BOG", eat outside, use outhouses and be outside all day! The amazing thing about that week, it stands out as one of the weeks I remember the most about! Maybe I'm still in shock over it....more likely, I did things outside of my comfort zone! Isn't it those times in our lives, when we go outside of our comfort zone, that changes who we are and where we are going! Some have gone on pilgrimages and come back with a different attitude and memories that will stay with them forever!
Camp obviously holds very dear memories for me. One year my dear Grandma (aka Aunt Marian) took all 6 of us grand kids to camp with her (3 Rexford & 3 Watson girls!) We had so much fun with each other and at camp! My Grandma is a saint! The next year she took 4 of us for 2 weeks to Camp Dottie! My Grandma is a Saint! No...she really loved her grand kids and other kids and wanted to see them give their lives to Christ at early ages. I can't imagine her crown in Heaven! What a Godly example of a Christian woman, life, grandma, servant.... I am soooo blessed to have you in my life grandma!! You Rock! (well sometimes, literally you do now!) I also must thank my dad and mom for making it a priority to send us to camp!
One of my favorite memories was when my cousin Dawn and I went to Tepee Village. We were given a compass and we were suppose to be hiking to a huge crater/pit. Which we managed to do, the problem arose when we didn't realize we were there and we continued walking and walking till we hit a road, I think then we decided we had gone to far! I mean this pit is so huge, you would wonder how we could miss it! Okay I'm still directionally challenged today..maybe that was the start of the problem! (no comment Renee!)
Okay, did I just write a chapter to a book? Sorry, I wasn't planning on this long dialogue, I was just planning on a few pics of camp!
Well, to some it up, send your kids to camp and go to retreats!! We all need them!

~joanne